Cycling Blog Blotter Category

By Stephen Frothingham Recall will involve 13,000 bikes worldwide. MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — On Wednesday, Specialized Bicycle Components issued a notice to riders and retailers to stop riding and stop selling the following 2018 Allez bicycle models: Allez, Allez Sport, and Allez Elite. The company said the action is due to a potential manufacturing …

By Stephen Frothingham SAINT-AUGUSTIN-De-DESMAURES, Québec (BRAIN) — William Garneau has been named general manager at Louis Garneau, the company his father founded 34 years ago. William Garneau has previously held various roles at the company, from managing and supervising all aspects of its DreamFactory custom bike program to, most recently, leading the hardgoods division as …

By Stephen Frothingham The brand sells its goods online and at its brick-and-mortar store, The Cub House, in Los Angeles. SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. (BRAIN) — With more than 31,000 Instagram followers, Team Dream Bicycling Team has garnered a global following since it began selling cycling kits, hats, water bottles, stickers and other merchandise on Etsy …

By Stephen Frothingham PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Chrome Industries is now offering a knife roll, developed with renowned chef Chris Cosentino, who has restaurants near Chrome’s operations in San Francisco with Cockscomb and now Portland with Jackrabbit. “Chris worked with us to hone every detail, from pockets to pen slots, of this knife roll. Built …

By bikinginla Earlier in the week, we mentioned the La Tuna Canyon hit-and-run that left a bicyclist in a coma. Today the news media caught up, as KNBC-4 offered a report on the crash that has Keith Jackson fighting for his life; KTLA-5 had a similar report. The post Morning Links: Father fighting for his …

By Stephen Frothingham BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products will host three fat bike summits in 2018 as part of a strategy to improve access and grooming techniques for fat bike trails around the country. QBP has hosted these summits since 2012, coordinated by the distributor’s senior bicycle advocate, Gary Sjoquist. Originally created for …

By Stephen Frothingham KETCHUM, Idaho (BRAIN) — CrankTank has announced the dates for Impact Sun Valley, a media summit to be held in Idaho area next summer. The event will be June 26-28. Organizers said the area offers access to ideal testing terrain for all types of bikes, including e-MTBs, mountain bikes, road bikes and …

By Stephen Frothingham WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Kim Jordan, the co-founder and executive chair of New Belgium Brewing, will be the keynote speaker at the 2018 National Bike Summit. This week the League of American Bicyclists, the summit organizer, released a preliminary list of speakers and sessions for the March 5–7 event in Washington, DC. The …

By Stephen Frothingham CORTEZ, Colo. (BRAIN) — Osprey Packs has hired outdoor industry veteran Mark Galbraith as its senior director of product. The position is new for the company, which said Galbraith will identify, develop and execute Osprey’s multiyear, global product strategy. “Mark’s long-term experience as a cultural creative, progressive innovator and considered collaborator will …

By Stephen Frothingham BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Happi Headware is a new brand formed by 15-year-old mountain biker Alyssa Feinberg, who wanted a solution to post-ride helmet hair. The company offers more than 20 printed designs in two models: one for summer and one for winter. Both models feature a wicking polyester and spandex fabric …

By Stephen Frothingham ATLANTA, Ga. (BRAIN) — Wahoo Fitness has made the Deloitte Fast 500 list, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. Wahoo is only one of two fitness technology device companies to be named to the list; the other is Fitbit. …

By Stephen Frothingham Company says it wants to remove barriers to purchase but keep retailers involved in the customer experience. RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Felt Bicycles rolled out its Customer-Connect online sales program to dealers on Monday. The Southern California bike company, purchased by Rossignol Group early this year, said customers will now …

By Stephen Frothingham EAGLE, Colo. (BRAIN) — Uncommon Communications has added Jordan Carr to the agency’s public and media relations team. Effective immediately, Carr joins Uncommon as account manager. “Our goal at Uncommon is to perform good work for people we like and brands that we believe in. That seems simple on the surface, but …